U.S. adults should get routine anxiety screening, panel says
Modern Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
The proposal is open for public comment until Oct. 17, but the group usually affirms its draft guidance.
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The Mask-Optional DEI Initiative
Bill of Health
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
By Matt Dowell. Recently, I remotely attended a mask-optional, in-person meeting where campus leaders proudly proclaimed that DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) is my college’s “top priority.” As a disabled faculty member who writes about disability access in higher education, I found myself considering how to make sense of such a statement — how seriously to take such statements, how much to care that such statements are being made.
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HHS ‘roadmap’ aims to tackle nation’s mental health crisis
Healthcare Dive
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
The initiative prioritizes integrating behavioral health services into primary and other specialty care areas as well as community-based settings like schools.
ATA hosts series this week on the value of virtual care
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
The American Telemedicine Association has gathered a number of speakers to share their expertise on integrating virtual care into healthcare delivery. WHY IT MATTERS. ATA is taking the week to encourage telehealth solution providers, hospital systems and medical practices, patient advocacy leaders, policymakers and other stakeholders to examine hybrid care models that include in-person and virtual care.
Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data
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Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?
Follow the (Medical) Record: Steve Hynes, President of Provider Solutions for MRO
MRO Compliance
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Follow the (Medical) Record: Steve Hynes, President of Provider Solutions for MRO. In this episode, host Don Hardwick interviews Steve Hynes, President of Provider Solutions for MRO. They discuss general healthcare industry trends, changes, and how things have evolved over the last 20 years. HealthcareNOW Radio Podcast Network · Follow the (Medical) Record: Steve Hynes, President of Provider Solutions for MRO.
Restricting Reproductive Rights During the War on Drugs: Intersectional Regimes of Surveillance and Criminalization That Harm Us All
Bill of Health
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
By Taleed El-Sabawi, Jennifer J. Carroll, and Bayla Ostrach. Health law and policy in the United States are, in many senses, driven by a desire to control. When that control is enacted to impose anti-scientific but deeply moralized social norms, suffering always follows. Consider, for example, the decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , which ended a constitutionally recognized right to abortion.
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Inside a new virtual-first, Epic-based, nationwide telehealth services company
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, health systems now provide the majority of telehealth across the country. However, while health system physicians are going back to their office-based routine, patient demand in many cases has started to outstrip the health system supply. Some health systems have contracted with third-party telemedicine vendors that often require patients to go into a separate system that is not well-integrated with the health systems' other technologies.
An academic's perspective on DTC telehealth services: Buyer beware
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Telehealth revolutionized the way people receive healthcare since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. There have been many benefits to greatly expanded telehealth. But with the sudden and sizable explosion of any business comes the possibility of some players following the money and taking advantage of unknowing consumers. What should people look out for when choosing a telehealth provider?
Legal Preparedness for Aging and Caregiving
Bill of Health
SEPTEMBER 17, 2022
By Sharona Hoffman. During 2013 and 2014, I endured a very difficult 18 months. Both of my parents died, my mother-in-law died, and my husband was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at the age of 55. As I went through all of this, I learned a great deal about getting older, getting sick, facing the end of life, and caregiving. As a result of my personal experiences and my professional background as a Professor of Law and Bioethics at Case Western Reserve University, I wrote a book called Aging w
Will the healthcare labor shortage fuel more consolidation?
Healthcare Dive
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
J.P. Morgan’s head of healthcare corporate client banking lays out trends to consider as private equity firms snap up physician groups.
Optimizing Medical Waste Management: A Guide to Best Practices
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Avenues are expanding for healthcare access
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
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Physician burnout is at an all-time high, says AMA
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
After declining for six years, the burnout rate among doctors began to spike with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research by the American Medical Association, Mayo Clinic and Stanford Medicine. By the end of 2021, some 21 months later, the physician burnout rate rose to an unprecedented high. WHY IT MATTERS. The study, published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, found that the prevalence of burnout among U.S. physicians was 62.8% in 2021, compared with 38.2% in 2020, 43.9% in 2017, 5
Synthetic Cannabinoids and the Lack of Substance Use Disorder Treatment in Carceral Settings
Bill of Health
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
By Aaron Steinberg, Ada Lin, Alice Bukhman, LaToya Whiteside, and Elizabeth Matos. The inability of prisons and jails to address the drivers of and treat substance use disorders, especially during the pandemic, is leading to underexplored health ramifications for prisoners, and particularly for prisoners who identify as Black, Indigenous, or other people of color (BIPOC), who already had comparatively poorer health outcomes.
Violence against emergency room physicians is on the rise, survey finds
Healthcare Dive
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
Two-thirds of physicians working in emergency departments reported being assaulted in the past year alone, according to a survey.
HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?
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Showcasing new tools for patient experience and population health
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
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Optimizing the Healthcare Workforce with Technology
Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
There are a lot of challenges that healthcare workers are currently facing, burnout from overworking being one of the most pressing. But that doesn’t have to be the case. Through utilizing the technology that we currently have available, many areas of work healthcare professionals are doing can be automated and simplified. Carefully integrating various technological solutions into your organization can lift some of the burden your workers are experiencing.
A Mind Is A Terrible __ To Waste
Bill of Health
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
By Vincent “Tank” Sherrill. You fill in the blank! I’ve often referred to the mind as a womb, or a laboratory of life, not a “thing,” but rather a place where thoughts and ideas are conceived. However, since COVID-19 has been introduced on the scene, I’ve watched a cold game being played inside two Washington State prisons: the game between “The Progression of the Mind versus The Regression of the Mind.”.
Health sector causes 10% of greenhouse gas emissions, report finds
Healthcare Dive
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
The congressional report also found a majority of health systems surveyed had been affected by an extreme weather event.
Everything You Wanted to Know About FACIS, but Didn’t Know to Ask
Speaker: Amy Anderson
FACIS® helps organizations mitigate patient and organizational risk. Maintaining compliance and safeguarding against fraud and abuse in today’s changing healthcare landscape can be challenging. Most healthcare organizations screen and monitor providers against the OIG but that’s only ONE of FACIS®’ primary sources. FACIS® pulls data for every taxonomy from the lowest level employee to the highest level licensed professional.
To help reduce maternal mortality, everyone has a role to play
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
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What is the Maximum Penalty for Violating HIPAA?
HIPAA Journal
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
The maximum penalty for violating HIPAA is currently $1,919,173 (September 2022). However, this figure represents the maximum penalty per violation type, and Covered Entities and Business Associates found guilty of multiple violations can expect to pay much more. When Congress passed HIPAA in 1996, it set the maximum penalty for violating HIPAA at $100 per violation with an annual cap of $25,000.
Petrie-Flom Welcomes 2022-2023 Student Fellows
Bill of Health
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
(Clockwise from top left: Matt Chun, Sarah Gabriele, Katie Gu, Sanjay Reddy, Aparajita La th). We are excited to welcome a new group of Student Fellows to the Petrie-Flom Center family. These five students are a fantastic cohort of health law policy, biotechnology, and bioethics scholars who join us from across Harvard. They each will undertake a year-long research project with mentorship from Center faculty and affiliates, and also will blog here at Bill of Health regularly.
Judge denies DOJ’s move to block $13B UnitedHealth, Change deal
Healthcare Dive
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
The judge’s ruling follows a trial in which the DOJ argued that UnitedHealth’s bid for Change would disadvantage rivals and result in higher costs, lower quality and less innovative commercial health insurance.
How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering
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How Personalization Can Boost Adoption of Virtual Care
Electronic Health Reporter
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Shriya Palekar, AVP Health Plan Solutions, TytoCare. The COVID-19 outbreak led many to realize the transformative value the virtual world can bring to their industries. The healthcare industry – where virtual care and telehealth integration […].
Understanding the HIPAA Medical Records Destruction Rules
HIPAA Journal
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Some of the biggest fines for HIPAA violations have been for failing to comply with the medical records destruction rules. Consequently, it is vital Covered Entities and Business Associates are aware how to destruct medical records compliantly. Each state has its own requirements for retaining medical records; and, in some cases, certain types of medical records have to be retained for longer periods than others.
Lyfegen raises $8M for value-based contracting platform and more digital health fundings
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Smart stethoscope company Eko received a $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, and Halo raised $2.6 million for its research and development collaboration tool.
Emotional exhaustion worse for healthcare workers in second year of pandemic, research finds
Healthcare Dive
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
Nurses reported feeling more emotionally exhausted during the pandemic, with physicians also noticing an increase. The report comes as some nurses fight for better working conditions.
Ensure Continuous Patient Care: How to Avoid Disruptions Due to Ransomware
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Combating Security Risks is Especially Tough with Medical IoT Devices – Here’s Why
Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
The following is a guest article by Constancio Fernandes, VP of Engineering at Asimily. The security teams at healthcare systems tasked with safeguarding massive fleets of Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) devices are used to getting a heavy dose of cybersecurity patch advisories—the challenge is what to do next. There has been no shortage of these urgent alerts flagging complex IoMT device vulnerabilities over the past few years, from the aptly named Urgent/11 to SweynTooth, GRUB2, and countles
Are Phone Calls HIPAA Compliant?
HIPAA Journal
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
The answer to the question are phone calls HIPAA compliant can be dependent on who is making the call, what the call concerns and who the call is to. Before discussing are phone calls HIPAA compliant, it is important to establish who HIPAA applies to. This is because almost two-thirds of complaints about HIPAA violations are rejected because they allege a violation has been committed by a business that is not subject to the HIPAA Rules.
Pros and Cons Of Medical Billing Outsourcing
Medisys Compliance
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
Your medical setting can be of any size, but the billing and revenue cycle management needs to run efficiently with multiple codes diagnosis, and stringent rules and regulations. In no small measure, the medical billing cannot be taken for granted since the business’s cash flow depends on the same. A properly managed medical billing ensures a streamlined and successful revenue cycle. .
Texas Medical Association files another lawsuit over surprise billing ban
Healthcare Dive
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
“We are, once again, asking for the law to be followed as Congress intended, and for the challenged provisions to be invalidated,” TMA’s president said.
Generative AI for Contracts Is Here: New Tools to Accelerate Drafting and Editing
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The emergence of generative AI is reshaping the landscape of contract management, enabling businesses to generate and negotiate legal agreements with greater ease and speed. In this on-demand webinar, Hal Marcus, VP of Product Marketing at Evisort discusses how Evisort's generative AI transforms contract creation and negotiation, empowering legal teams to streamline processes while reducing risk.
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